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Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) AphiaID: 123987 ESTRELA-DO-MAR Animalia (Reino) > Echinodermata (Filo) > Asterozoa (Subfilo) > Asteroidea (Classe) > Valvatacea (Superordem) > Valvatida (Ordem) > Asterinidae (Familia) © Vasco Ferreira / Ago. 30 2013 © Vasco Ferreira © José Pedro Tomaz Vasco Ferreira / Mar. 24 2019 Estatuto de Conservação 1 Sinónimos Asterias exigua Delle Chiaje, 1827 Asterias gibbosa Pennant, 1777 Asterias papyracea Konrad, 1814 Asterias pulchella de Blainville, 1834 Asterias umbilicata Konrad, 1814 Asterias verruculata Bruzelius, 1805 Asterina crassispina H.L. Clark, 1928 Asterina minuta Nardo, 1834 Asteriscus arrecifensis Greeff, 1872 Asteriscus ciliatus Lorenz, 1860 Asteriscus gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) Asteriscus pulchellus Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 Asteriscus verruculatus (Bruzelius, 1805) Referências additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. [details] additional source Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 [details]pp. additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. [details] original description Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology. London 1777. 4th edition (4): 36 and pages 1-154, tab 24, fig 24., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011#page/5/mode/1up [details] additional source Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 [details]pp. additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. [details] Última atualização: 17 Ago. 2018 2 3.

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